Breakdown of آبان ماهِ پاییز است.
ماهmâh
month
آبانâbân
Âbân (8th Persian month, Oct–Nov)
پاییزpâyiz
autumn, fall
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Questions & Answers about آبان ماهِ پاییز است.
Why is there an extra "e" sound at the end of ماه (mah)?
That is the ezafe, which links a noun to the word that describes or possesses it. Here, it connects ماه (month) to پاییز (autumn), literally making it "month of autumn."
Does آبان directly translate to a specific month in English, like November?
Not exactly. آبان (Aban) is the eighth month of the Solar Hijri calendar used in Iran. It usually starts around October 23rd and ends around November 21st, making it the second month of the Iranian autumn.
The translation says "a month", but there is no word for "a" (like یک) in the Farsi sentence. Why?
In Farsi, when you are stating a general fact or defining what something is, you often just use the bare noun without یک (a/one) or the -ی suffix. The sentence literally translates to "Aban is month of autumn," which we naturally translate into English as "Aban is an autumn month."
Could I change the word order to put the verb است somewhere else?
No, in Farsi the main verb almost always goes at the very end of the sentence. Therefore, است (is) must stay at the end.